HLW unveils London HQ for US lawyer
US-owned lawyer Bryan Cave is to open new-look London offices next year designed by HLW. The company drafted in furniture, product and interiors group HLW London in July this year,
Green innovation conference announced
Sustainable Innovation 08, the Sweden-based conference focusing on challenges related to sustainable innovation, technology, product and service design, has launched a call for papers. The event, set to take place
Boateng heads for Savile Row
Bespoke designer Ozwald Boateng opens the doors to his flagship store in London’s exclusive tailoring district Savile Row today.
Four Hidden Art honours for Phipps
A host of designer-makers were honoured at Hidden Art’s second annual awards in London’s Bethnal Green last night.
Eurocities group meets in Nottingham
Representatives from 30 of Europe’s major cities will descend on Nottingham Trent University today for the inaugural Eurocities working group on culture and creative industries for creative cities. The group
Edinburgh store for Brooks Brothers
US fashion retailer Brooks Brothers has this week thrown open the doors to a flagship store in Edinburgh, marking its first step outside London, with a fresh concept design by
Hadid takes on PolyU tower
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – known as PolyU – has appointed Zaha Hadid as the architect of its new Innovation Tower, which will house the School of Design and
McDonald honoured for font designs
Typeface designer Rod McDonald has received the first Design Fellow distinction from font and imaging experts Monotype Imaging, as part of its new Design Fellowship programme. The programme has been
Dempsey plans to leave CDT
CDT Design’s founding partner Mike Dempsey is to leave the consultancy at the end of this year, after almost three decades heading up the group. Dempsey, who founded the consultancy
BBC whittles down a shortlist for its design roster
The BBC has kicked off the second stage of its delayed design roster review, and has begun shortlisting consultancies. The corporation’s current roster was completed in 2003 and consisted of
Vintage picks Yuko Kondo for redesign of Pynchon’s novels
Random House imprint Vintage is redesigning the paperback versions of Thomas Pynchon’s novels, to coincide with the paperback release of his latest epic, Against the Day. Previously issued with simple,
Design groups priced out of West End
Concern is mounting over the escalating price of renting office space in central London, with the design industry complaining that it is being priced out of its traditional West End
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